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For Immediate Release                                                                                              March 11, 2026 Live it Up Challenge winners look ahead to next year’s High Rollers Contest Four talented horse players were able to earn a free buy-in to the $1,000...

By Victor Ryan —- MRS. ASTOR SHOOTS FOR A 7TH STAKES WIN FOR THOMAS AND AUGUSTIN STABLE IN THE GRADE III SANTA ANA STAKES FOR OLDER FILLIES AND MARES GOING 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, CA (March 10, 2026)—Mrs. Astor, a six-time stake winner including...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Wednesday, March 11, 2026 Champion Nitrogen’s major spring objective remains the same, despite a hiccup last weekend at Oaklawn. Dual Hall of Fame trainer Mark Casse said Nitrogen will make her next start in the $1.25 million Apple Blossom...

New Surroundings in Tampa are working for Wesley Ho, named Jockey of the Month For jockey Wesley Ho, the decision to come to Tampa Bay Downs this winter didn’t take a lot of convincing. The 39 year-old from Charles Town, West Virginia was urged by an owner he rode for up north to...

Racing Updates Compiled by Robert Yates Friday, Mar. 6, 2026 Trainer H. Ray Ashford Jr. wasted no time in his pursuit of 2,000 career victories after the promising Super Cruise captured a one-mile allowance race Feb. 28 at Oaklawn. Super Cruise’s victory came roughly 20 hours...

STABLE NOTES BY VICTOR RYAN FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2026 GII SAN FELIPE: BRANT RETURNS, POTENTE STEPS UP FOR BAFFERT $45K CARRYOVER IN FRIDAY’S $2 PICK 6; FREE PP’S AVAILABLE SKIPPYLONGSTOCKING, WESTWOOD WITHDRAWN FROM BIG ‘CAP LOVESICK BLUES NAMED 2025 CAL-BRED HORSE OF THE YEAR...

PROCTOR STREET KEEPS THE DREAM ALIVE IN THE HILLSBOROUGH By Lynne Snierson March 6, 2026 OLDMARS, FL—Like mother, like daughter? Patricia Moseley certainly hopes so when it comes to her fifth-generation homebred Proctor Street. Proctor Street, a 5-year-old daughter of champion...

Stakes Advance – $400,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) Compiled by Robert Yates Contact: Chris Ho Vice President of Marketing cho@oaklawn.com, 501-623-4411 ext. 4201 Thursday, Mar. 5, 2026 OP Stakes Race Preview – $400,000 Azeri Stakes (G2) – Saturday, March 7 No horse has swept...

THURSDAY NOTES By Lynne Snierson OLDSMAR, FL— There’s a lot of chatter about Spendthrift Farm’s Grade 2 winner Further Ado, who is making the first appearance of his sophomore season in Saturday’s Tampa Bay Derby and is the morning line 9-5 favorite. But trainer Danny Gargan...